Overview
- A Joint Action Committee of farmer groups staged a rasta roko at the Bhoraj checkpost near Adilabad, halting traffic on NH-44 before police diversion cleared the route.
- Demands included lifting the Cotton Corporation of India’s seven‑quintal‑per‑acre cap, easing moisture norms, and scrapping biometric checks and the Kapas Kisan App.
- Protesters also sought purchase of rain‑damaged soybeans by marketing authorities and restoration of previous quantity norms, including 13 quintals per acre for cotton and 10 for soybean as displayed on banners.
- JAC leaders said farmers were losing about Rs 1,500 per quintal of cotton when forced to sell to private traders instead of receiving the support price.
- Left parties and Rythu Sangham leaders joined the action, as former minister Jogu Ramanna publicly criticized local BJP MLA Payal Shankar and MP Godam Nagesh over the issue.